
High Court reprimands CBI in judges’ abuse case
The Hindu
Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court Praveen Kumar Mishra and High Court Judge K. Lalitha on Tuesday reprimanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over its probe into the abuse of judges
Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court Praveen Kumar Mishra and High Court Judge K. Lalitha on Tuesday reprimanded the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over its probe into the abuse of judges case, and gave the agency an ultimatum of arresting the main accused in the case within ten days.
Justice Mishra expressed his disappointment over the laxity in arresting the accused, and said that the court would be forced to hand over the probe to a Special Investigation Team if the CBI failed to arrest the main accused ‘Punch’ Prabhakar.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.